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Noun: decryption  `dee'krip-shun
  1. The activity of making clear or converting from code into plain text
    "a secret key or password is required for decryption"
    - decoding, decipherment

Derived forms: decryptions

See also: decrypt

Type of: coding, cryptography, secret writing, steganography

Encyclopedia: Decryption